Sri Lankan left hand batsman Kumar Sangakkara achieved a unique feat on Friday as he went past Sunil Gavaskar’s 10,122 runs to become the tenth highest scorer in Test cricket.

Sangakkara achieved this feat while playing against Bangladesh during the first Test at Galle.

According to statistician Mohandas Menon, Gavaskar held the record of staying in the top ten run scorer’s list for 33 years and 50 days since he broke into the list during his innings of 166 against Pakistan on 17th January 1980.

Sr. no.

Batsman

Matches

Runs

1

Sachin Tendulkar

198

15746*

2

Rickey Ponting

168

13378

3

Rahul Dravid

164

13288

4

Jacques Kallis

162

13128*

5

Brian Lara

131

11953

6

Allan Border

156

11174

7

Steve Waugh

168

10927

8

Mahela Jayawardene

138

10806*

9

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

146

10696*

10

Kumar Sangakkara

142

10187*

11

Sunil Gavaskar

125

10122

Mahela Jayawardene is the only other Sri Lankan in this list having scored 10,806 runs in his Test career so far. The two Sri Lankans are separated by Shivnarine Chanderpaul at the ninth spot with 10,696 runs. Since all three of them are still active cricketers, the bottom half of the list can be expected to shuffle.

The only other active cricketers in this list includes Jacques Kallis (13,128) and Sachin Tendulkar (15,746) right on top of the list.

First Published on March 8, 2013 4:54 PM ISTLast updated on March 8, 2013 4:54 PM IST